Adoption: A bittersweet option?

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I'm cynical about the idea of adobting children. Face it, children who are old enough to realize they've lost their natural parents tend to grow up with some serious issues. Most of the time they never form a loving bond with their "new" parents and grow up blaming them for all the problems in their lives. I guess that's why most parents perfer to adobt babies who are too young to realize they're being put up for adobtion.

Damn straight, Grey.

Without adoption what about the kids that aren't wanted by their parents? They have to end up somewhere.

Yeah, it's not all as wonderful as it's made out to be. I mean, you grow up knowing that one set of parents didn't want you, and the other set only took you because they couldn't have their own. That's gonna mess you up a bit. Still, probably better that than the foster system or a group home or something.

Ohoho, man, have I opened up a can of worms already.
I have no intentions of going Cujo on you all about how much "adoption sucks". I'm a different guy now. But anyway, I've been thinking about this for awhile, and thought I should vent in the form of writing. I'm not against adoption per se, but I'm a little cautious about the flaws that come with it, to the point that its all I see. Here's what I think:

-Depending on the kind of adoption you're going for, you can either have regular contact with the kid or not even know what he/she looks like or even what gender he/she is. That said, there are loopholes.
-The adoptive parents can either do wonders for the kid or f**k up his/her life completely. Depends on who gets the baby. You'll never know who they are, in some cases, and that's bad for you, especially if they're, shall we say, "morally undesirable people." According to polls, only 1% of adoptive parents abuse their kids. Yeah, right. That's not to say that all adoptive parents are bad people, just that there are some rotten apples in the basket waiting for oranges to be dropped in. A friend of my father named Jonas, a REALLY GREAT hard-working guy (not sarcasm, fact), is being put through Hell by the State, trying to fulfill his dream of fatherhood while Waingro from Heat gets your baby like a free soda refill. Adoption agencies can be totally unfair, in my opinion.
-Let's talk about the kids. There's a popular misconception that adopted people are more dysfunctional than those raised by their biological parents; in reality, they're about the same. They may experience grief and loss about severed from their biological ties, part of this odd, pre-programmed belief within us that blood runs thicker than the heart. It gets more fun in the teenage years. The usual Giftorcursian angst is coupled with identity and self-esteem issues. Some may feel they're "playing a part" to please Mom and/or Dad. There are loads of options for getting them to grow a pair, though.

Is it a bittersweet option? A gift to the unfortunate? Legalized kidnapping? A necessary evil? YMMV.

Let the debate begin.

Some people have great genes but terrible personal ethics, some people have great personal ethics but terrible genes. As long as that dialog can be worked out appropriately I think its a great option.

That's the issue. Would you rather subject your child to a life of psychological unwantedness in a dysfunctional family or be aborted?

Don't get sentimental on me.

We adopted. Went through Catholic Social Services.

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You did it for the cash? [edit: personal insult removed by moderator]